class Request extends Kohana_Request {

    /**
     * Creates a new request object for the given URI. This differs from
     * [Request::instance] in that it does not automatically detect the URI
     * and should only be used for creating HMVC requests.
     * @param   string  URI of the request
     * @param   array   $params An array of various paramaters that should be set when using an HMVC request
     * @return  Request
     */

    public static function factory($uri, Kohana_Cache $cache = NULL, array $params = NULL)
    {
        if ($params)
        {
            foreach ($params as $key => $value)
            {
                if ($key === 'server')
                {
                    array_unshift($value, '--uri='.$uri);
                    array_unshift($value, DOCROOT.'index'.EXT);

                    $_SERVER['argv'] = $value;
                    $_SERVER['argc'] = count($value);
                }
                elseif ($key === 'get')
                {
                    $_GET = $value;
                }
                elseif ($key === 'post')
                {
                    $_POST = $value;
                }
            }
        }
        return new Request($uri);
    }
}